Item jumping game
AssigneeMarvin Glass & Associates
InventorsThomas P. McQueeny, Wayne A. Kuna
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Abstract
A game in which players, in turn, lay down cards, or other distinguishable items, that are divided into two or more sets of two or more items each. The cards are laid down in lines with the goal of laying down an end card that matches the one at the other end of a line in order to qualify for a jump attempt. For the jump attempts, a biased, upwardly angled jump ramp is provided for placement at one end of the line of items to be jumped and a target landing ramp is supplied for the other end. If the jump is successful, the player collects all of the items jumped.
Claims15
A game comprising in combination:
- a plurality of items divided by means distinguishing the items into two or more sets of two or more items each;
- the items being alignable upon a playing surface to form a line extending from one end defined by one of the items to another end defined by another of the items;
- an article, which is one of the items, capable of being launched from adjacent the one end to beyond the other end;
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- means for launching the article from adjacent the one end to beyond the other end.
A game comprising in combination:
- a plurality of items divided by means distinguishing the items into two or more sets of two or more items each;
- the items being alignable upon a playing surface to form a line extending from one end defined by one of the items to another end defined by another of the items;
- an article capable of being launched from adjacent the one end to beyond the other end;
- means for launching the article from adjacent the one end to beyond the other end;
- a landing ramp placeable adjacent the other end;
- the landing ramp having a near end adjacent the other end of the line of items and a far end spaced from the near end;
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- the landing ramp having a generally upstanding back stop wall adjacent the far end.
A game comprising in combination:
- a plurality of items divded by means distinguishing the items into two or more sets of two or more items each;
- the items being alignable upon a playing surface to form a line extending from one end defined by one of the items to another end defined by another of the items;
- an article capable of being launched from adjacent the one end to beyond the other end;
- means for launching the article from adjacent the one end to beyond the other end;
- the playing surface being provided by a board with a grid of spaces for placement of the items and launching means;
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- the board including raised ribs forming the grid.
A method of playing a game comprising the steps of:
- providing two or more players with a plurality of distinguishable items divided into two or more sets of two or more items each;
- allocating some of the items to each player;
- designating an order the players will follow with respect to each other;
- each player in turn placing one of the player's allocated items on a playing surface generally in line, or transverse to, any item, or line of items, already on the playing surface;
- placing an item at an end of a line of two or more items already on the playing surface that is of the same set as the item at the opposite end of the line;
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- attempting to launch an article over the line of items on the playing surface from a proximal end of the line to the distal end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.